Ahom language

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Ahom language is an extinct Tai language once spoken by the Ahom people of Assam in northeastern India, now preserved mainly in religious and historical manuscripts.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Ahom language canonical 5
Ahom 1
Tai Ahom language 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Tai language
extinct language
language
associatedWith Ahom kingdom
Ahom religion
country India
currentUse liturgical language
scholarly study
documentation Buranji chronicles
ethnicGroup Ahom people
linked to: Tai-Ahom people
extinctionPeriod 19th century
glottologCode ahom1240
hasManuscriptCollectionIn Assam State Museum
British Library
Department of Historical and Antiquarian Studies Assam
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length
tone
hasScriptUnicodeBlock Ahom Unicode block
linked to: Ahom script
hasWritingTraditionSince 13th century
historicalRegion Assam
northeastern India
influencedBy Assamese language
linked to: Assamese
ISO639-3 aho
languageFamily Tai-Kadai language family
lexicalBorrowingFrom Assamese language
linguisticTypology analytic language
preservationForm palm-leaf manuscripts
paper manuscripts
primaryUse historical manuscripts
religious manuscripts
region Brahmaputra Valley
relatedTo Lao language
linked to: Lao

Shan language
Thai language
revitalizationEfforts limited liturgical revival
script Ahom script
shiftedTo Assamese language
linked to: Assamese
spokenInPastBy Ahom people
linked to: Tai-Ahom people
status extinct
subfamily Southwestern Tai
usedAs court language of Ahom kingdom
usedFor astrological texts
chronicles
divination texts
ritual texts
wordOrder SVO
writingSystemType abugida

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Southwestern Tai hasMajorLanguage Ahom language
Ahom kingdom language Ahom language
Tai languages hasMajorLanguage Ahom language
Tai Phake language closelyRelatedTo Ahom language
Tai Khamyang language relatedTo Tai Ahom language
linked to: Ahom language
Tai hasMemberLanguage Ahom
linked to: Ahom language